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//	Crypteviant!
//	Providing tough encrypted P2P Chat
//	Copyright (C) 2010  Martin Pfeifer, Tobias Rausch
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#ifndef TIMERFACTORY_HPP
#define TIMERFACTORY_HPP

#include <QtCore/QObject>

#include "abstracttimer.hpp"

#ifdef _WIN32 // Windows 32 Includes
#include "timerwin.hpp"
#endif

#ifdef linux // Linux Includes
#include "timerunix.hpp"
#endif



namespace Timer {

    /**
     * @brief Class providing access to the native timer implementation
     * @details This class is used as the Factory-Pattern and should be used instead of creating Timer objects yourself!
     *
     * @class TimerFactory timerfactory.hpp "timerfactory.hpp"
    */
    class TimerFactory
    {
    public:
        /**
         * @brief Factory method
         * @details Create the OS specific Timer and return it to the user
         *
         * @fn getNativeTimer(QObject*)
         * @param parent
         * @return AbstractTimer*
        */
        static AbstractTimer *getNativeTimer(QObject *parent = 0);

    private:
        /**
         * @brief Private Constructor
         * @details Disable objects of this class
         *
         * @fn TimerFactory
        */
        TimerFactory();
    };

} // End of Namespace Timer

#endif // TIMERFACTORY_HPP
